HC Deb 28 October 2002 vol 391 c660W
Jim Knight

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he intends to publish the review of the Domiciliary Oxygen Service; [75943]

(2) whether he intends to accept the recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians made in their 1999 guidance Domiciliary Oxygen Therapy Services; [75944]

(3) what analysis has been undertaken of the benefits of liquid oxygen to those with respiratory problems; and if he will introduce a three modality system of oxygen supply for such patients. [75945]

Mr. Lammy

The review of the domiciliary oxygen service has not yet been concluded. There are no plans at present to change the arrangements under which oxygen is provided for patients who need it. The therapeutic benefits of oxygen do not depend on the modality of oxygen supply.

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